Awakening Through the Cosmic Journey
An Inner School Retreat w/ Amida Cary & Jacob Miraj Dominicus
Friday, March 24th – Sunday, March 26th, 2023
The soul manifests in the world in order that it may experience the different phases of manifestation, and yet not lose its way, but regain its original freedom in addition to the experience and knowledge it has gained in this world. ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan
Direct contact with your soul is not a concept, but a real experience available to all.
The soul’s essential condition is freedom. Endowed with agency and curiosity, beckoned by the pleasures of life, we involve ourselves in all manner of worldly experiences which both delight and dismay us. Too easily we forget and lose contact with the direct experience of the soul’s innate peace and freedom. Instead, we find ourselves caught in webs of concern in our professional lives, our relationships, and life’s everyday struggles. Our worldly life is far from the whole story.
How do we find our path through the cosmic maze?
The retreat process provides an opportunity to consciously discover the steps to our soul’s natural state. No two paths are alike. Within deep stillness the path begins to reveal itself. Mystics have called this process Awakening. And in that innate freedom, we find that the soul can actualize its unique qualities and at the same time find its ultimate fulfillment through communing in the Great Soul, the Divine.
Sufism’s theory and practice provide a systematic approach to the direct experience of the soul and the rediscovery of the soul’s innate freedom.
Sessions will offer guided Sufi practices of meditation, breath, sound, and light that catalyze and support this transformative process. Further instruction will be given regarding how to continue practice in between the sessions where we are all together.
This is a silent retreat, which means attendees are asked to wholly refrain from speaking, unless absolutely necessary. Silence is a core factor in the transformative process. As such, please make preparations within your home so that silence can be maintained. Join us on this retreat journey to rediscover this most sacred experience.
Faculty for this retreat will be Inner School Vice Presidents Amida Cary & Jacob Miraj Dominicus.
This retreat is open to Inayatiyya inquirers, ashiqs, murids and leaders.
Advanced registration is required; video recordings will be provided to all registrants after the retreat. The suggested tuition is $150 for the full three day retreat. Please see the sidebar to register.
Discounts are available for those from particular nations due to currency valuation. These nations include Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Turkey. If your nation is listed, please contact your national representative for details. If you feel your nation should be listed, please email astana@inayatiyya.org.
If you have questions about the content of the course, please email innerschool@inayatiyya.org. Questions about registration, payments, and logistical details may be sent to astana@inayatiyya.org.
Awakening Through the Cosmic Journey Schedule
Our schedule is as follows (EDT/New York Time). Please see timeanddate.com for the time in your region:
Friday, March 24th
10:00 – 11:15 am Session One
11:15 – 11:45 am Break
11:45 – 1:00 pm Session Two
1:00 – 3:00 pm Break
3:00 – 4:15 pm Session Three
Saturday, March 25th
10:00 – 11:15 am Session One
11:15 – 11:45 am Break
11:45 – 1:00 pm Session Two
1:00 – 3:00 pm Break
3:00 – 4:15 pm Session Three
Sunday, March 26th
10:00 – 11:15 am Session One
11:15 – 11:45 am Break
11:45 – 1:00 pm Closing
Speakers
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Amida CaryAmida Cary is Director of the Inayatiyya’s Retreat Concentration in North America and its Retreat Guide Training Program, working in concert with an international network of experienced retreat guides and trainee mentors. Her primary focus is encouraging all involved to enter the transformative depths of the retreat process. Amida is an experienced retreat guide herself and has worked closely with Pir Vilayat, Aziza Scott, and Pir Zia. She is a founder of Suluk Academy and has served as Suluk faculty. Amida lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Jacob Miraj DominicusJacob Miraj Dominicus helps people deepen their meditative practice. Jacob has been a murid of the Inayatiyya since 1997, served on the Inayati Order Board of Trustees under Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and Pir Zia Inayat Khan, and helped start Suluk Academy serving as its inaugural administrator. In 2007, he graduated from Suluk’s Kafur class. Since 2015 Jacob has co-led retreats with Gulrukh Patel at the Zenith Institute in Switzerland. He currently serves as the co-Madar-ul-Muham of Inayatiyya Inner School (Oceania and North America). Professionally, he consults with corporate teams and teaches meditation. Jacob holds a B.A. from NYU in Organizational Behavior, Narrative Theory, and Mysticism and has been a Visiting Scholar at NYU Tisch’s Interactive Communications Program (ITP). He lives in Los Angeles, where he studies the Chinese martial arts of Xingyi and Bagua and lives with his wife, daughter, and two cats.